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healthcare was one of the major obstacles. what he put in place in massachusetts and what the president did for the national healthcare plan plan -- without there were meaningful differences. -- we got there were meaningful differences. mitt said this is the insight that make the math work. white do we not redirect that money and use it to subsidize health insurance for people who need assistance in buying their own coverage? that is different than the financing tokenism in the president's health care program. [talking over each other] >> it is out of pejorative. [laughter] >> that is what we worked on. i think we made persuasive arguments. far more persuasive was economic condition of the economy. in our view, romney had superior job creation skills. >> jim, it looks like you guys are finding ways to talk about romney's health care. it was like, you use that to almost -- is that a fair -- >> we talked about his record. >> thank you for your help. >> it was strategic. anytime you talk about healthcare, you would mention romney
healthcare was one of the major obstacles. what he put in place in massachusetts and what the president did for the national healthcare plan plan -- without there were meaningful differences. -- we got there were meaningful differences. mitt said this is the insight that make the math work. white do we not redirect that money and use it to subsidize health insurance for people who need assistance in buying their own coverage? that is different than the financing tokenism in the president's...
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already the affordable care act is helping to slow the growth of healthcare costs. [applause] >> and the reforms i'm proposing go even further. we'll reduce taxpayer subsidies to prescription drug companies and ask more from the wealthiest seniors. we'll bring down costs by changing the way our government pays for medicare, because our medical bills shouldn't be based on the number of tested ordered or days spent in the hospital. they should be based on the quality of care that our seniors receive. [applause] president obama: and i am open to additional reforms from both parties so long as they don't violate the idea of secure retirement. our government shouldn't make promises we cannot keep. but we must keep the promises we have already made. [applause] [applause] president obama: here's the rest of our target. we should do what leaders in both parties have already suggestioned, and save hundreds of billions of dollars by getting rid of tax loopholes and deductions for the well-off and the well-connected. after all, why would we choose to make deeper cuts to educat
already the affordable care act is helping to slow the growth of healthcare costs. [applause] >> and the reforms i'm proposing go even further. we'll reduce taxpayer subsidies to prescription drug companies and ask more from the wealthiest seniors. we'll bring down costs by changing the way our government pays for medicare, because our medical bills shouldn't be based on the number of tested ordered or days spent in the hospital. they should be based on the quality of care that our...
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they are responsible for providing healthcare. and medicare patients in the north bay. >> novato hospital is going to perform certain surgeries at a certain price. >> bay area educators are applauding the educational proposal. he wants to make preschool available to all children and make it available in head start. >> from low income families, they can't afford to enroll. >> how much the program would cost and symptom are estimating between 10 and $25 billion a year. >> city leaders believe a steady paycheck will encourage teenagers to leave gangs. >> they have a job program for the at risk teens. 10 young men left gangs and started working for the city as gardeners. >> now, they hope to add private sector jobs. >> it might ban certain internet cafes. the american council is after businesses like one that is called freedom pcs. it sells phone products and the city believes it is an internet cafe which sells internet time connected to a slot machines. >> they will consider a temporary ban. >> facebook will be getting a huge tax ref
they are responsible for providing healthcare. and medicare patients in the north bay. >> novato hospital is going to perform certain surgeries at a certain price. >> bay area educators are applauding the educational proposal. he wants to make preschool available to all children and make it available in head start. >> from low income families, they can't afford to enroll. >> how much the program would cost and symptom are estimating between 10 and $25 billion a year....
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literally, it is bob dole's healthcare plan when his idea on nukes is not as radical as reagan's when the president's position on immigration, not as radical as reagan's. he's a centrist -- republican, essentially, if you look historically. >> eisenhower. >> stephanie: i was going to go to the eisenhower, too. i collided with you. george in miami. hello, george. >> caller: hello, stephanie. >> stephanie: hello. >> caller: when are you coming back to miami? >> stephanie: i would love to come back to miami. >> caller: rubio is in my state. i watch him last night and it is like he stood behind a donkey. reaching for a glass of water they won't see me. i mean, idiot republican. i love america. america is a great country but i didn't know you people have so much stupid republicans here. >> stephanie: it was a ventriloquist act. he didn't want us to notice it was actually rush limbaugh's voice coming out. just saying. >> why was the water so far away from him? >> stephanie: that's what i don't get. simple things. it is okay if you take a drink but why did you put it way over there? do you w
literally, it is bob dole's healthcare plan when his idea on nukes is not as radical as reagan's when the president's position on immigration, not as radical as reagan's. he's a centrist -- republican, essentially, if you look historically. >> eisenhower. >> stephanie: i was going to go to the eisenhower, too. i collided with you. george in miami. hello, george. >> caller: hello, stephanie. >> stephanie: hello. >> caller: when are you coming back to miami? >>...
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silliness occurs when healthcare geek jacki is in the studio with us. any way to have her there with you more often? >> well, there would be if jim ward didn't constantly sexually harass her. >> there is that whole restraining order. >> i'm several feet away from her. >> that's what the restraining order says. >> stephanie: why can't we have nice things. here she is in the current news center. >> that was sweet. good morning everybody. during the state of the union address, president obama talked about fixing the nation's infrastructure. things like the 70,000 or so structurally deficient bridges across the country. he emphasized the need to get these projects done with a combination of public and private funds and using american workers. "the new york times" reports today the president is going to talk in detail about those plans in a series of interviews. first part of the plan is called a fix it first strategy which invests $50 million in our highways bridges transit systems and airports the ones in most need of repair. congress would have to approve
silliness occurs when healthcare geek jacki is in the studio with us. any way to have her there with you more often? >> well, there would be if jim ward didn't constantly sexually harass her. >> there is that whole restraining order. >> i'm several feet away from her. >> that's what the restraining order says. >> stephanie: why can't we have nice things. here she is in the current news center. >> that was sweet. good morning everybody. during the state of the...
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cbo report this combination of an aging population, rising healthcare costs, and health insurance subsidies will drive up the costs of programs. this will be to a death spiral. the issue is compounded by the costs of servicing our debt. it will rise in 2012 to over $850 billion rejected in 2023. by then, interest will be 6% of our discretionary budget. this growing debt poses an increased risk of precipitating a fiscal crisis the likes of which we have never seen. the warning signs that we are moving forward, the fiscal meltdown has been in place for a long time. congress has repeatedly failed. it has been years since congress has even had a regular budget process with appropriations measures upon -- that were agreed upon. i believe the american public deserves a transparent and accountable budget process at the stores fiscal order. sequestration should not be part of the process. it is certainly no long-term solution to our spending problem. it should be a cautionary tale for congress. the sequester we face is the the sequester we face is the tip
cbo report this combination of an aging population, rising healthcare costs, and health insurance subsidies will drive up the costs of programs. this will be to a death spiral. the issue is compounded by the costs of servicing our debt. it will rise in 2012 to over $850 billion rejected in 2023. by then, interest will be 6% of our discretionary budget. this growing debt poses an increased risk of precipitating a fiscal crisis the likes of which we have never seen. the warning signs that we are...
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you guys were in a bunker on healthcare. it was -- is that fair? >> we did everything we could to help him talk about his record. [laughter] we admired what he did. >> it was obviously strategic -- any time you were going to talk about health care, you're going to talk about mitt romney. >> we wanted to make sure that people understood the similarities between the two plans. it was an easy place to go. >> it was also particularly important to do that while he was involved in the republican primary because one of our objectives was to make the process as long and challenging for them -- understanding that he would probably be the nominee. anything we could do to create a mistep was good. there is no doubt. i think these guys carry it as well as they could. much of the republicans were built around the opposition to this health care plan. in was a natural thing for his opponents to -- it was a natural thing for his opponents to attack him for. to mean that seemed you were waiting as long as you possibly could to engage the republican primary opponent
you guys were in a bunker on healthcare. it was -- is that fair? >> we did everything we could to help him talk about his record. [laughter] we admired what he did. >> it was obviously strategic -- any time you were going to talk about health care, you're going to talk about mitt romney. >> we wanted to make sure that people understood the similarities between the two plans. it was an easy place to go. >> it was also particularly important to do that while he was...
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the 2010 affordable care act requires health cancer individuals -- healthcare plans for individuals and small businesses -- many of the specifics of what is required in those categories will be left to states to decide. insurers and some business groups have argued that mandating such coverage would make policies too expensive, and they have lobbied the federal government to scale back the scope of what needs to be covered." x call comes from bob in bethlehem, pennsylvania, a democrat. what is the public policy on your mind this morning? caller: thank you for taking my call. i was looking at tv this morning, and they were saying 30 million people are going to be hit with this snowstorm. now, already up there in new england, they have about a foot and a half to two feet of snow already on the ground. when they plow the street, it forced the snow over at the sewer. if they would use fire equipment or water trucks, and water at the sewer and blast the water so that there is an opening so the water can run down the sewer -- if you are on a hill, hit it at a 45 degree angle so the water when
the 2010 affordable care act requires health cancer individuals -- healthcare plans for individuals and small businesses -- many of the specifics of what is required in those categories will be left to states to decide. insurers and some business groups have argued that mandating such coverage would make policies too expensive, and they have lobbied the federal government to scale back the scope of what needs to be covered." x call comes from bob in bethlehem, pennsylvania, a democrat....
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the economy, healthcare and education. he has never wavered from that. i think he not only understands but he feels the power of education and what it means for not only individuals but for our nation, that you can't build an economy without going through the classrooms of america, that you can't build -- the personal sustainability of having a good life without an education. so he understands it, he knows it. he feels it and he has a tremendous commitment to it and it comes out every time speaks >> bill: education, big centerpiece of the president's state of the union address last night. your comments or questions to dennis van roekel president of the national educational association here at 866-55-press, on the "full-court press" this wednesday morning. >> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is "the bill press show." [ music ] converstion started next. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. alright, in 15 minutes we're going to
the economy, healthcare and education. he has never wavered from that. i think he not only understands but he feels the power of education and what it means for not only individuals but for our nation, that you can't build an economy without going through the classrooms of america, that you can't build -- the personal sustainability of having a good life without an education. so he understands it, he knows it. he feels it and he has a tremendous commitment to it and it comes out every time...
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it will be going into a 30,000 square foot office building on the campus that tenet healthcare has graciously approved for us to build this year. the center for the urban child strives to provide high-quality, efficient cost-effective care for kids in the local community, while providing wraparound services that will address the determinants of their health. everything from food insecurity to domestic violence to behavioral health. from of behavioral health standpoint, prevention is the thing we want to focus on the most. most pediatricians do not treat mental illness. they are not comfortable with it and do not take the time to diagnose it. we will train our peers -- pediatricians as well as the general residents to look for the signs and symptoms of behavioral health problems in the children they care for as well as their parents. we will arm them with the tools to care for the less complex behavior and health issues. things such as mild depression and adhd. will have psychologists that will help the children immediately, if something is determined as a potential that may be more complex is
it will be going into a 30,000 square foot office building on the campus that tenet healthcare has graciously approved for us to build this year. the center for the urban child strives to provide high-quality, efficient cost-effective care for kids in the local community, while providing wraparound services that will address the determinants of their health. everything from food insecurity to domestic violence to behavioral health. from of behavioral health standpoint, prevention is the thing...